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Abortion

United Kingdom

UK politicians vote to decriminalise abortion for women in England and Wales

19 Jun

6.7k

Adriana Smith

Baby born to brain-dead US woman who was kept alive due to abortion law

18 Jun

32.3k

FactCheck

FactCheck: Have one in eight women in Ireland visited an emergency department after an abortion?

The claim was made by the Pro Life Campaign this week.

6 Jun

10.2k

Women's Rights

Annual anti-abortion march held in Dublin this afternoon

5 May

15.9k

European Citizens Initiative

Over 1.2 million people sign petition to EU calling for financial support for abortions

24 Apr

4.0k

InvestigatesExporting Abortion

'I'll never forgive my country': Women on the trauma of having to travel to UK for terminations

“We brought our baby’s body back in our carry-on luggage, surrounded by frozen vegetables,” one woman told us.

Women can have abortions in Ireland for any reason up to 12 weeks gestation

Many still travel abroad to access abortion services for a variety of reasons

Some struggled to book appointments and bring their baby's remains home

9 Apr

16.0k

InvestigatesExporting Abortion

'The most vulnerable are still being exported': Why and how women have to travel for abortions

Hundreds of women travel from Ireland to the UK every year for terminations.

8 Apr

5.4k

InvestigatesExporting Abortion

Over 5,000 women in Europe have to travel abroad for abortions each year

Legal, bureaucratic and social obstacles are still faced by women, even if they live in countries where abortion is legalised.

At least 5,860 European women crossed borders for abortions in 2023

Routes of travel are shaped by the countries’ abortion laws and geographic proximity

The Netherlands — where termination is allowed up to 24 weeks — was the most frequent destination

Órla Ryan & Maria Delaney

7 Apr

15.6k

Women's Health

Your Stories: Have you had to travel abroad to access abortion services?

12 Jan

17.8k

'Unfair' to claim new government won't implement changes to abortion law, Harris and Martin say

9 Jan

7.6k

GE2024ge24

Far-right parties form National Alliance in bid to win general election seats

27 Nov 2024

25.4k

GE2024Peadar Tóibín

Aontú leader says party seeking a 'change to the law on abortion'

16 Nov 2024

29.1k

warning

If RFK Jr leads Trump's health team, trust in vaccines could be 'undermined' globally

9 Nov 2024

21.9k

reproductive rights

Florida fails to overturn ban on abortions after six weeks

Updated 6 Nov 2024

14.7k

The Morning Lead

An Irish American family on life and politics in one of the key swing states in the US election

“People here hold their political views so dear to them, they have stickers on their car. Have you ever seen a Fianna Fáil sticker on the back of someone’s car?”

"It's fascinating to see how people can be so divided," Delia O'Malley said of Georgia

She loves her job, but one of the most difficult aspects of it is the fact she has to take part in monthly active shooter drills

Órla Ryan

21 Oct 2024

15.3k

safe access zones

Safe access zones around abortion providers come into effect from today

17 Oct 2024

5.6k

FactCheck

Debunked: Kamala Harris didn't make an ad about a woman regretting not having an abortion

4 Oct 2024

6.1k

US Election

Kamala Harris calls Trump a 'hypocrite' on abortion as early voting starts in US

21 Sep 2024

14.9k

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hurtful

Roscommon newspaper to 'review' content of bizarrely-worded anti-abortion ad after criticism

5 Aug 2024

28.7k

repealed the eighth

Opinion: On the Repeal anniversary, remember the right to abortion is being eroded globally

Orla O'Connor

25 May 2024

5.9k

Florida

Six-week abortion ban in Florida, described as a 'nightmare' by Biden, takes effect

1 May 2024

13.1k

Interview

How women are treated during pregnancy and when they complain 'isn't good enough', says junior minister

Minister of State for European Affairs says ambitious women are often portrayed as a bad thing.

Minister of State Jennifer Carrroll MacNeill, who has previously spoken about her own experiences with miscarriage, said she found Dáil abortion debate this week 'difficult'

21 Apr 2024

14.4k

rté investigates

Almost 1,000 people in Ireland have contacted UK abortion charity since 2018 referendum

15 Apr 2024

5.3k

US Election

Arizona uses 1864 law to effectively ban abortion across the US state

10 Apr 2024

10.2k

Roe Vs Wade

French politicians vote overwhelmingly for bill enshrining abortion as a constitutional right

Updated 4 Mar 2024

8.7k

State Papers

'Reproductive fascism': Read the letters calling on Mary Robinson to intervene in X Case

Many people, from Ireland and abroad, contacted the president about the controversial case in 1992.

The X Case centred on a 14-year-old girl who became pregnant after being raped

The letters to Robinson highlight how divisise the issue was in Ireland and abroad

'It is with disbelief and disgust that we heard about the young girl who has been forbidden to leave Ireland'

Órla Ryan

28 Dec 2023

15.9k

Abortion Rights

Texas court blocks woman from emergency abortion despite earlier approval

9 Dec 2023

18.3k

Dallas-Fort Worth

Texas judge allows woman with risky pregnancy to have abortion

7 Dec 2023

15.1k

maternity hospitals

Five more maternity hospitals to provide abortion services from Monday

1 Dec 2023

15.7k

France

Macron vows to enshrine rights to abortion in French constitution by next year

29 Oct 2023

7.9k

Abortion

Safe access zone law could be 'made a mockery of' if gardaí can't log warnings, TDs say

25 Oct 2023

9.6k

Health Committee

Some doctors 'actively obstruct' women from getting abortions, committee hears

Updated 18 Oct 2023

12.5k

Memoir

Britney Spears says she had abortion while dating Justin Timberlake

18 Oct 2023

27.6k

US primaries

Donald Trump labels Florida governor’s abortion ban a ‘terrible mistake’

19 Sep 2023

24.6k

Mexico

Top Mexican court decriminalises abortion nationwide

7 Sep 2023

8.1k

FactCheck

Debunked: Are a Senator’s maps showing potential Safe Access Zones around hospitals accurate?

24 Jul 2023

16.8k

buffer zones

Cabinet approves legislation for safe acces zones around abortion providers

Updated 27 Jun 2023

11.0k

USA

Biden vows to fight Republicans' 'extreme' anti-abortion agenda

24 Jun 2023

8.1k

FactCheck

FactCheck: Abortion bill still many stages away from passing into law

16 Jun 2023

311

Stoke-on-Trent

Mother-of-three jailed in UK for illegally obtaining abortion pills too late into pregnancy

13 Jun 2023

12.7k

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